Local News
(2008-06-18)
(KWMU file)
The senator spoke to a packed theater of nearly 500 people Wednesday on the campus of Missouri State University in Springfield.
McCain mentioned both wind and solar energy, but he particularly focused on nuclear power.
"If I'm elected president, I will set this nation on a course to build 45 new reactors by 2030 with the ultimate goal of a 100 new plants to power the homes and factories and cities of America," McCain said.
The senator also committed to developing what he called "clean coal" plants, which he says would reduce the amount of harmful carbon emissions entering the atmosphere.
McCain's speech was interrupted by a heckler shouting that the Senator's energy policies rewarded big oil companies.
He recently supported lifting a ban on drilling for oil off U.S. shores.
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